Chapter 53: The Contest Between Rivals
Tomorrow's goods are not ready yet, and Lin Mei doesn't have so much time to spend with Xiao Gongzi.
He was not entangled, and told Xiao Gongzi that there was work at home that was not done, so he ignored him, and turned around to pick up beans and prepare to grind bean juice.
Gu Muqing saw it, thinking that this was a good opportunity for him to perform, so he followed Lin Mei without saying a word, grabbed the wooden bucket of soaked beans and said to Lin Mei that he was coming, and carried it into the kitchen next to the stone mill, grinding the bean juice.
Lin Mei didn't think about it so much, so she didn't be polite to him, let Xi'er help him add beans, poured out the small stone mill and installed it in the small courtyard, took an empty bucket, scooped a few spoonfuls of soaked beans from his wooden bucket, and began to grind the bean juice.
Xiao Gongzi was very surprised when he saw it, and asked Father Lin, "What is Miss Lin doing?" ”
Daddy Lin explained to him: "This is bean juice for grinding tofu." ”
Xiao Gongzi walked up to Lin Mei and said, "I didn't expect such a small thing to be able to grind beans into juice, this is also amazing, Miss Lin, can you let me try it?" ”
Lin Mei saw that he was curious and wanted to try it himself, but she didn't refuse, and got up and asked him to try.
I don't know if he did it on purpose or if he really wouldn't, so small grinding, pushing it along the way and pushing it backwards, and asked, "Is Miss Lin like this?" ”
"No, you just keep pushing in one direction." Lin Mei really didn't know how to say when she saw him.
"Is that so?" Xiao Gongzi asked.
Lin Mei hummed and added beans to her eyes.
Father Lin stood aside and didn't know what to say, and when he saw that he had nothing to do, he followed Lin Mei to learn to grind beans, and went to Zhang Luo to feed the pigs by himself.
The questions and answers in the courtyard attracted Gu Muqing's attention, and he stretched out his head to take a look, and his angry eyes sparked.
Xi'er didn't know what he was looking at, and seeing that his face was not good, he reminded: "Brother Muqing, the beans are ready." ”
Gu Muqing's face darkened, and he used all his strength to quickly turn the stone mill.
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It was almost noon, Lin Mei thought about the two uninvited guests at home, and wondered if they would stay for lunch, or planned to make a tofu feast.
After the dishes were served, Lin Mei regretted it when she opened, the Lin family usually eats at the same table, but now there are two more guests, Lin Mei forgot that men and women have to sit at separate tables in this era, and are thinking about whether to let the two sisters wait a little longer and cook two more dishes by themselves?
Seeing that the meal had been arranged, Father Lin beckoned the two guests to sit down.
When Shanzi came back from school, he saw that he was staying at home for dinner, and sat down with his hands clean, so he took the initiative to chat with the two guests, and it was really a small talk, either to greet Xiao Gongzi, or to ask Gu Muqing what he was doing at home recently.
Gu Muqing didn't have to eat at the Lin family once, and when he saw that the three sisters of the Lin family were not on the table, he was embarrassed to move his chopsticks, and asked, "What about the three sisters Meizi, why don't they come to eat yet." ”
Father Lin didn't react, and directly asked the three sisters of the Lin family to eat together.
Lin Mei was a little speechless, looked at Father Lin, and snuggled at Xiao Gongzi's back.
Only then did Daddy Lin react and said to the guests at the table, "Let's eat first, eat first." ”
Xiao Gongzi stopped: "Uncle Lin wait first, this guest is as the host, then there is a reason for the host to open the banquet before the host is served, let's wait for the three sisters." “
After speaking, he turned to look at Lin Mei and said, "Please also invite Miss Lin to take her sisters to sit." ”
Gu Muqing was not to be outdone, got up and sat next to the mountain, and vacated his seat.
Daddy Lin couldn't push back when he saw it, so he asked Lin Mei to take her sisters to sit down for dinner.
Lin Mei thought about eating it, anyway, the four of them couldn't finish the dishes on this table, so they took their two sisters to sit down and eat without saying a word.
Seven people, four stools, Shanzi was already sitting next to Gu Muqing, so Lin Mei asked Taozi to sit next to Daddy Lin, and she sat with Xi'er.
In this arrangement, Lin Mei is opposite Xiao Gongzi, Gu Muqing and Lin Mei are separated by Shanzi and Xi'er.
Xiao Gongzi ate the dish in the habit of eating without saying a word, and saw a plate of red tofu dishes, which was very appetizing, and put a piece of tofu in his mouth, and the spicy stimulation almost didn't squirt out of the spicy stimulus, and he swallowed it out of courtesy, and ate a few mouthfuls of steamed buns with a flushed face, before he diluted the taste in his mouth, and said to Lin Mei: "What is the name of this dish?" It looks quite festive. ”
Gu Muqing sat down below him and hurriedly said: "This is mapo tofu, Lin Mei's specialty dish, I like to eat it the most, ordinary people can't make it, you can eat more." ”
After speaking, he scooped a few pieces of tofu with a small spoon on the plate and put them into Xiao Gongzi's bowl.
Sample, you still dare to compete with me for Lin Mei, don't you kill you if it's spicy, Gu Muqing thought to himself, he had been secretly observing him, and when he saw that he had just eaten a piece of tofu, he blushed spicy, and wanted to tease him.
Father Lin also thought that Xiao Gongzi liked spicy food, so he scooped him two spoonfuls again, and said: "If you like it, eat more, but this taste is good, and it is not often made at home." ”
Xiao Gongzi saw the bowl full of mapo tofu, and smiled at Father Lin with a smile, and his heart could retreat.
Gu Muqing saw that he didn't move his chopsticks, so he put several pieces in his mouth in a row, and kept reading: "Meizi, your skills are really good, I love to eat this plate of mapo tofu the most." After speaking, he gave the person next to him a smug look.
Xiao Gongzi didn't want to show weakness, so he ate the mapo tofu in the bowl head-on, probably because he was used to it, the more he ate, the spicier it became, but the more he ate, the more he felt that this tofu was tender and delicious.
This plate of mapo tofu is the same as the battlefield of the two of them, you are a piece, I am a piece, and I am not happy to grab it.
Lin Mei didn't think that the two of them were so good, and thought silently in her heart, but it was a pity that there were clear hierarchies in this world, otherwise they would still be a pair of good friends.
The five members of the Lin family were embarrassed to put down the chopsticks, and Father Lin even put this dish between the two of them.
After the meal, Xiao Gongzi held the scald medicine that the little guy in the house had just taken in his hand, glanced at Gu Muqing, smiled at Lin Mei and said, "Miss Lin, this medicine has an excellent effect, you can apply it three times a day, so I'll help you apply it now." ”
Lin Meina dared him to help wipe it, and hurriedly took the medicine box carefully, and accidentally saw that the bottom of the box was printed with "Shang Pharmacy Manufacturing", and her heart was even more uneasy.
I wanted to go back directly, "Xiao Gongzi's kindness can be received, but this medicine is too valuable, you better take it back." ”
"The medicine has been sent, how can there be any reason to take it back, Miss Lin, don't be so polite as me." The triumphant smile on Xiao Gongzi's face said unabashedly.
Lin Mei thought that since she had accepted this medicine, she would accept it, and she would slowly repay him in the future, so she didn't push it away, and said thank you.
The little servant in Xiao Mansion reminded: "Childe, it is going to rain heavily this day, let's go back home early." ”
Xiao Gongzi looked at the cloudy sky, then said goodbye to the Lin family, and reluctantly got into the carriage and left.
Although the person left, Kexin was still reminiscing about the good times when the two of them were together just now, thinking that a scholar who was dignified in his own house could give up his son to learn to grind with a woman, and he was still happy, and he was even looking forward to the next time, and couldn't help laughing. But when he thought of the fly circling around Lin Mei, Xiao Qiming was a little crazy in his heart, no, I have to inquire again, otherwise......
Gu Muqing was relieved to see that the noble son was finally gone, but when he thought that he would go home in two days, he was restless, and even thought in his heart that it would be good if he moved his family over, so that he could see Meizi every day.